PCLT’s vision of preserving a large portion of the Ice Pond Basin originated 20 years ago with then-PCLT President Michael Ciaiola. What began with the donation of the Shawe Preserve in 1976 and the Twin Hill Preserve in 1995 gradually evolved into a plan to acquire the Ice Pond itself and its surrounding edges. In […]
Go get your calendar and reserve April 18th for PCLT’s 46th Anniversary Dinner & Auction. Make your reservations now! Click the following link to download the 2015 Dinner Reservation Form.
Do you like to work outdoors? Do you like to hike? Putnam County Land Trust is having a trail work party at the Glenda Farrell-Henry Ross Preserve this coming Saturday, November 15th from 9:30 to noon. We will be replacing trail markers where needed, cleaning underbrush from the trail and removing lots of deadfall from the trail. No experience […]
PUTNAM COUNTY LAND TRUST AND NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF THE DIVERTING RESERVOIR TRAIL New trail was built through partnership between Putnam County land stewards, citizens, volunteers and New York City DEP Recreation trail will open with community hike on Aug. 22, 2014 The Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT) and […]
Volunteers from the ranks of Concerned Residents of Southeast (CRSE), Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT) and some local Boy Scouts got together on Saturday, July 26th and Sunday, July 27th to work on the soon-to-be-opened Diverting Reservoir Trail. The volunteers spent Saturday hauling out trash and tires, they weed-whacked and cleaned along the sides and center of the trail, […]
In a unique public-private partnership, Putnam County Land Trust (PCLT), Westchester Land Trust (WLT) and Friends of the Great Swamp (FrOGS) recently protected a 115-acre parcel of land in the Ice Pond Conservation Area of the Great Swamp — a region of statewide ecological significance — in the Town of Patterson, New York. The protection […]
Scouts work on PCLT Preserves over the years. Sorry, this isn’t a newsflash of a bald eagle sighting on PCLT land. This is about Eagles of another feather. Over the past number of years most of Putnam County Land Trust’s preserves have been improved by the efforts of Boy Scouts earning their Eagle Scout Rank. […]
Brought to you by our friends at FrOGS and the Oblong Land Conservancy: Butterfly Walk at the Slocum-Mostachetti Preserve Saturday, August 2 For more info, contact the Oblong Land Conservancy at 845-855-3266 or oblongland@gmail.com Butterfly Walk led by Bill Wallace, who has studied and catalogued the Butterflies of the Great Swamp for ten years. Wear […]
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!!!! Tickets are $50 per person. Space is extremely limited, and tickets are sold on a first come, first serve basis. To reserve your ticket(s) email events@pclt.net or call 845/278-2808. Once your reservation is confirmed, payment must be received within 5 business days. Checks should be payable to ‘Putnam County Land Trust’ and […]
PCLT Member and Steward David Chau has created the second TRAILers video, this one is for the Danner Preserve on the Putnam and Westchester border. After checking out the video, visit the Danner Preserve page for directions, description and maps.